Celluloid doll
Schildkröt
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Celluloid, artificial hari, paint and wool.
Measurements
140 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671204
Summary
A small celluloid doll made by Schildkröt, Germany, possibly dating from c.1930. She has moving arms and legs and her shoes and socks are painted on. She straight brown artificial hair in a bob, blue eye and red lips. The doll is dressed in hand knitted and crocheted clothes consisiting of a cream dress and underwear, a red coat and a red hat with cream flower.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Mary Taylor in August 2010.
Marks and inscriptions
On the doll's back: '[a turtle within a rhumbus] / 13 1/2'
Makers and roles
Schildkröt, manufacturer